Joe Mills and Pete Ivalu are dead, and Dr. Adele Kramer is in a coma. Harjit Singh needs to replace them in his ongoing confrontation with The Other. He turns to Malcolm Mayweather, a firefighter injured by an escaping Shoggoth, freed by the fire started by Adele to destroy it. It draws Malcolm into the world of lost alien gods and terrifying creatures. As he gets drawn further into this fantastic realm, Malcolm deteriorates mentally and physically. But he must hold on because he is one of the key figures who will determine if the entirety of existence remains or is lost in an instant. While Malcolm struggles with these challenges, Adele faces her own. Left floating in orbit around the Blind Idiot God Azathoth at the centre of the universe, she learns the depth of Nyarlathotep’s plans and her part in it all. An event is approaching, but what is it? And can they stop it? This collection of linked short stories pulls the reader into a modern take on the world of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. It contains the following stories: The Rat King: Malcolm and his new partner Mindy travel to Saskatchewan to investigate sightings of mutated rats. The rats are the least of the town's problems. The Alien Gardener: Mindy relates her strangest case to Malcolm. She investigates a strange blight impacting Niagara when she encounters a mysterious plant in a greenhouse. Are the effects hallucinogenic, or is what she sees real? The Pyramid of the Black Pharaoh: In a show of international co-operation, Malcolm joins a group of investigators drawn from around the world to investigate a mysterious pyramid uncovered in the Egyptian desert. Their delve into a building hidden for thousands of years starts in motion a terrifying future. The Druid of Castle Rock: In this second international adventure, Malcolm travels to Scotland to aid a young researcher field test her invention that can track Other-related corruption. They use it to uncover an ancient cabal hidden in plain sight in Edinburgh. The Viking's Doom: Returning to Canada, Malcolm aids a Norwegian researcher trying to discover the real reason the Vikings left North America. The Tattered Lady: Malcolm rejoins Mindy as she searches Winnipeg's homeless population for a mysterious woman known only as The Tattered Lady. We find the lengths that Harjit will go to stop the influence of The Other. The Thing In The Customs House Written in H.P. Lovecraft's style, the reader is transported to Montreal in 1928 to learn of the incident that leads to the formation of the Department of Extraordinary Phenomena. This is book two of a trilogy.